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Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy
Yahoo Daily News 18 Feb 2020
The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection. Facing mounting legal costs from defending itself against lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of boys, the venerable non-profit sought Chapter 11 protection in a court filing early Tuesday. A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America said in a statement that the filing had "two key objectives ... ....
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Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll in China climbs to over 1860
Business Line 18 Feb 2020
The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic climbed to 1,868 on Tuesday as 98 more people died while the total number of confirmed cases jumped to 72,436, officials said. Of the new deaths, 93 were reported from Hubei Province, the epicentre of the virus, three from Henan, and one each from Hebei and Hunan, said the National Health Commission....
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Facebook’s Libra and what you need to know about it
Cryptopolitan 17 Feb 2020
Facebook’s Libra created a huge commotion since its announcement in mid-2019. The project was revealed as one of the most ambitious crypto projects ever. Moreover, the project’s parent company did not have a flawless reputation and was involved in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal ... What is the goal of Facebook’s Libra? ... Security....
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Westerdam passenger infected with coronavirus: What we know and what we don't
CNN 18 Feb 2020
Hong Kong (CNN)The Westerdam cruise ship was supposed to have been the lucky one. After being stuck at sea for days, when Japan, the Philippines and Thailand turned it away over concerns it had passengers who could have been infected with the novel coronavirus, on Friday, the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia finally allowed the Westerdam to dock ... ....
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Maduro says US plotting to invade Venezuela, country ‘not afraid of combat’
Press TV 18 Feb 2020
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the United States and some of its allies are plotting to invade Venezuela and that the South American country is “not afraid of military combat.”. In a televised speech on Monday, Maduro said the US had assembled a “mercenary force” to invade Venezuela ... ....
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Leaked data shows China's Uighurs detained due to religion
Yahoo Daily News 17 Feb 2020
BEIJING (AP) — When a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer's native Xinjiang region three years ago, the elderly Uighur imam was swept up and locked away, along with three of his sons ... Their religion and their family ties ... The Xinjiang regional government did not respond to faxes requesting comment ... ....
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In The Era Of Trump, We Must Not Let Indifference Rob Us Of Our Humanity
WorldNews.com 17 Feb 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Albert Einstein, whose family fled Germany during the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, said, “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” “Indifference,” consequently, is a recurring theme in almost every age ... It includes Sen ... and its sanctions....
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Hospital director dies in China’s Wuhan, epicentre of coronavirus outbreak
Indian Express 18 Feb 2020
The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, state television said, becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the pathogen. Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, died at 10.30 a.m., it said ... Advertisement ... Feb 18 ... X....
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HSBC net profit falls 53%, bank to sell assets in overhaul
The Journal 18 Feb 2020
Europe's biggest bank has reported that its net profit fell 53% in 2019 to $6 billion. London-based HSBC, whose profit is mainly from Asia, said Tuesday that it plans to revamp its U.S. and European business and shed $100 billion in assets to improve its profitability ... We continue to monitor the situation closely," it said ... ....
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Turkey to arrest 228 for links to cleric in probe of military, ministry: Anadolu
Reuters 18 Feb 2020photo: White House / Andrea Hanks
Karen Pence adds campaigning for Trump to busy to-do list
Las Vegas Sun 18 Feb 2020
Alessandra Tarantino / AP. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen disembark from Air Force Two upon their arrival at Rome’s Ciampino airport, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Pence is scheduled to meet later with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Associated Press. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 . 12.05 a.m. WASHINGTON — Karen Pence has no shortage of projects ... ....
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SpaceX re-useable rocket misses landing ship
Dawn 18 Feb 2020
WASHINGTON. SpaceX successfully launched its latest cluster of high-speed internet satellites into orbit on Monday, but was unable to land its rocket booster on an autonomous ship, missing a key milestone ... It has successfully landed its booster 49 times previously and Monday’s mission would have been the 50th ... Published in Dawn, February 18th, 2020. ....
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Gunman kills ex-wife at Bangkok shopping mall days after mass shooting
The Himalayan 18 Feb 2020
BANGKOK. The gunman then fled the Century The Movie Plaza, near the Thai capital’s Victory Monument and is still on the run, Thai police said. “One person died and another was injured,” police Colonel Kissana Pattanacharoen told Reuters ... ....
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Lavrov says assassination of Soleimani was a flagrant violation of international law
Tehran Times 17 Feb 2020
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the United States was a flagrant violation of international law ... ....
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Nissan shareholders angry at Ghosn scandal, dismal results
Yahoo Daily News 18 Feb 2020
TOKYO (AP) — Nissan shareholders unleashed their anger at the Japanese automaker's management Tuesday for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quarterly losses after the scandal-ridden departure of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. They got up, one by one, at the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, demanding Nissan Motor Co ... Saikawa did not reply ... ....
